I mean, baseball players may use performance-enhancing drugs from now until the end of time, but the Bonds home-run chase is nothing if not a constant reminder of that era. Only the blindest of the blind think Bonds has reached this point naturally, and they probably exchange Christmas cards with the folks in Cincinnati who still insist Pete Rose didn’t bet on baseball. But whatever view you take, you also can’t deny that Bonds is the best hitter (and player) of his generation, and he probably didn’t gain too great an advantage, because most of his peers were likely doing the same thing.

Anyway, if Sunday were any indication, the interim between career homers 746 and 747 won’t be nearly the gap it was between 745 and 746. I’m no expert on the intricacies of a guy’s swing, especially with one so fine-tuned as Bonds’, but to me, he looked balanced at the plate, and he seemed to be seeing the ball real well. He had a couple of very good takes on Sunday, and that’s always an indication a guy is finding his groove.

Now, whether that means will keep his appointed “pace” and hit No. 755 in St. Louis in early July and No. 756 a week later at home against the Dodgers is another discussion altogether. But look for him to add at least two to his total during the Giants’ 10-game trip to New York, Philadelphia and Arizona.

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I hope Barry Bonds has a slow, painful, agonizing death because he is epitome of the selfish, I come before the team mentality that plagues sports. I hope that they continue to walk him and not let him break the record.